Charlie Kimball's Blog

SUNDAY, JULY 9
RESULTS
Race: P15

RACE STATS
Finishing position: 15th
Starting position: 14th
Pit stops: 5
Average speed: 138.711 mph
Laps led: 10
Cautions: 4 for 44 laps total
Lead changes: 12 among 8 drivers
Championship standing: 18th

IN CK’S WORDS
“A really hard day – I’m happy to bring it back in one piece honestly. The car stepped out on me a couple of times and I caught it right up to the wall in Turn 4 once. With the heat and the wind, it was just a really challenging day. I think the balance itself was hit or miss – we weren’t great. Overall, we just weren’t quite quick enough once the newness of the tires had worn off. It was really about the middle to the end of the fuel stint where we were losing a bunch of time to everyone around us. We’ll go back and look at it to try to figure out how to make the No. 83 Tresiba® Honda work on a short oval track.”

FROM PIT LANE

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SATURDAY, JULY 8
RESULTS
Practice 1: P11, 183.258 mph
Qualifying: P14, 180.863 mph
Practice 2: P20, 173.037 mph

IN CK’S WORDS
“It was a little different outcome than what we were expecting from the No. 83 car today in qualifying. The track was reasonably good this morning, and then we went out this afternoon for qualifying and it had definitely gotten hotter and more slippery. A couple of the other series have run and put some different rubber down. We chased balance and grip a little bit. I’m disappointed in our qualifying effort and I think the car is definitely better in race trim than that. I guess the bright side is that bodes well for tonight’s practice and the race tomorrow.”

FROM PIT LANE

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